congruous

[ kong-groo-uh s ]

/ ˈkɒŋ gru əs /

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adjective

exhibiting harmony of parts.

appropriate or fitting.

Origin of congruous

1590–1600; < Latin congruus, equivalent to con- con- + gru- (see congruent) + -us -ous

OTHER WORDS FROM congruous

con·gru·ous·ly, adverb con·gru·ous·ness, noun non·con·gru·ous, adjective non·con·gru·ous·ly, adverb

non·con·gru·ous·ness, noun un·con·gru·ous, adjective un·con·gru·ous·ly, adverb un·con·gru·ous·ness, noun

WORDS THAT MAY BE CONFUSED WITH congruous

congruous congruent incongruous incongruent

Words nearby congruous

congreve, congruence, congruency, congruent, congruity, congruous, congruous hemianopsia, congé, conic, conic projection, conic section

Example sentences from the Web for congruous

Their being agents now congruous with my will gives me no guarantee that like results will recur again from their activity.

Essays in Radical Empiricism |William James
The ages of inquiry and faith should, however, change places, in order to be congruous.

The Continental Monthly, Vol. 4, No. 5, November, 1863 |Various
That is my moral, for I believe in Culture—speaking strictly now of the honest and of our own congruous kind.

Within the Rim and Other Essays |Henry James
He found Quakerism "congruous with his nature in respect of its complete individualism and absence of ecclesiastical government."

Herbert Spencer |J. Arthur Thomson

Over it hung the branches of a lofty breadfruit-tree, a congruous canopy for such a group.

White Shadows in the South Seas |Frederick O'Brien

British Dictionary definitions for congruous

congruous

/ (ˈkɒŋɡrʊəs) /

adjective

corresponding or agreeing

suitable; appropriate

Derived forms of congruous

congruity (kənˈɡruːɪtɪ) or congruousness, noun congruously, adverb

Word Origin for congruous

C16: from Latin congruus suitable, harmonious; see congruent

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